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In New England, Canadian hydropower has slowed to an ominous trickle
Whether due to drought, prices, or politics, the weekslong disappearance of Canadian hydropower from New England’s grid exposes risks for the region.
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The quest to fix the irony at the heart of every heat pump
The appliances are key to ditching fossil fuels, but they rely on powerful greenhouse gases to work. Here’s how to tackle that problem.
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What makes middle school even worse? Climate anxiety.
Students have big feelings about climate change. Most teachers don’t know how to help.
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![A group of protestors in front of snowy mountains hold up a sign reading YELLOWSTONE IS NOT FOR SALE]()
Yellowstone’s gateway town fears for its future amid Trump funding cuts
“Gardiner is a company town and Yellowstone is the mill. If somebody starts screwing with the mill, we have no choice but to be concerned.”
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Renewables surged in 2024 — but so did fossil fuels
A new report finds that while electricity demand skyrocketed, the deployment of new wind, solar, and nuclear power did, too.
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Mining is an environmental and human rights nightmare. Battery recycling can ease that.
Recycling provides economic, national security, and environmental benefits. But the United States is playing catch-up to Asian countries, particularly China.
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Why Biden and Trump both support this federal mineral mapping project
A U.S. Geological Survey effort to find underground deposits of clean energy metals has gotten bipartisan support.
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The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, from water to weeds
Not all critical minerals need to come from digging up the earth.
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In the race to find critical minerals, there’s a ‘gold mine’ literally at our shoreline
Instead of continuing to dig tunnels or pits, some scientists are looking to a promising — but challenging — source of minerals: seawater.
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Environmentalists in Israel and Palestine fight to save cross-border water resources
"The health of Palestinians affects the health of Israelis and vice versa. And the best example is water."
